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Thanks for all the responses and sorry for the late reply. Truth is I found the replies quite daunting and so I redoubled my efforts to get the software running. After repeated attempts I finally...

I'm working on getting the old PC up and running, so far stuck with I/O conflict 378.

I feel I'm getting out of my depth here! I was thinking a controller that uses something other than the parallel port so I can use a modern PC. I thought the controller provided the power to the...

Oh yes that's sounds like a good idea if I can get the PC up and running.

First I have to get the PC working! Not sure where to get a working FDD any more and I'm not so hopeful that the data on the floppy disk is still readable even if it can actually spin round ok. I...

I'm trying to get it to work. First off was getting the keyboard repaired as some keys were stuck down. Having fixed that I am now getting an "I/O conflict 378" which I don't understand. I've tried...

Thanks for the response. Not having the manual leaves me with a lot of permutations for the pin assignment. I'm wondering if this can be done by trial and error without ending up in a cloud of smoke?...

Yeah, I don't seem to have picture posting privileges. The floppy drive is on the old PC that came with it but I think the drive is not working any more. I have experience creating lines of code...

It is a 25 pin parallel port connection. What are the work-arounds available without throwing too much money at it?

I am trying to get an old CNC machine up and working again but the software which runs on DOS is not loading from the floppy drive. It is German and named PCNC. I think I have to start from scratch...